Japanese Turnips with Miso Reviews

The small, round, mild white turnips known colloquially as Japanese turnips are at their most delicious when simply cooked with their greens. A last-minute swirl in miso butter (which is fantastic on
pretty much any vegetable) gives
them an almost meaty underpinning.

I hate to admit it - because I used high-quality Japanese turnips from an organic market - but I think the delicious sauce, and not the flavor of the turnips, makes this dish. It was lick-the-bowl good.

Turnips are naturally bitter, and the miso, butter,
and mirin are just the thing to counter that
bitterness. I found myself licking the spoon I used
to stir the turnips around -- to me, that's the sign
of a good recipe. I used somewhat larger turnips,
so I actually sliced them into 8ths, and they were
done after fifteen minutes as the recipe predicts.
Will definitely make this again.

Can't say it was a four forker for me--the turnips had a somewhat bitter note to them--and overall, the dish seemed lacking. If I made it again--I think I might add in additional cup or two of miso broth at the end--and parhaps some tiny shrimp--or gyoza dumplings--and make it more of a soup.

Butter is a rare
ingredient in
traditional Japanese
cooking but it went
so well with the
miso and really
added an extra depth
to the flavor of
this dish. Very
easy too. I'll make
it again when we get
another crop of
fresh Japanese
turnips from our
garden.

I had a bunch of Japanese turnips that I had no idea what to do with, and this recipe was most definitely the answer. I definitely didn't have 3 pounds of them, or probably even an entire pound so my estimations of other ingredients could have been off, but this was delicious! I'll definitely be making again, perhaps as a side for a fancy dinner party. The greens were delicious and I loved the miso butter. Excellent!

This is the best turnip recipe. I was about to give
up on ever liking turnips, but then this recipe came
along. Now I love them and I think I will look no
further and just eat turnips this way forever.
Thank you!